Nova Scotia reports 1 COVID death Thursday, 93 in designated hospital units
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Nova Scotia reported one new COVID-19 death on Thursday, a woman in her 70s in the central health zone.
A news release from the province said there are 93 people in designated COVID-19 hospital units including 15 in intensive care.
In total, there are 327 people in hospital with COVID-19:
There were 11 new hospital admissions and seven discharges on Thursday.
The average age of people in hospital is 67, the news release said.
About nine per cent of Nova Scotians are not vaccinated for COVID-19.
Currently, unvaccinated Nova Scotians are about 3.5 to four times more likely to be hospitalized due to COVID-19 than someone with two doses of vaccine. That is based on average hospitalizations since the province started releasing the daily hospitalization numbers by vaccine status on Jan. 4.
The vaccination status of those in hospital is:
About seven per cent of Nova Scotians, or roughly 72,000 people, are eligible to get the vaccine but haven't yet. Nova Scotia Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang said this group is being "disproportionately impacted by Omicron," representing 30 per cent of COVID-19 deaths since Dec. 8, and 21 per cent of hospitalizations.
On Wednesday, Nova Scotia reported three new COVID-19 deaths. There have been 31 so far this month.
Strang said current restrictions will remain in place until at least Feb. 14. The province is looking at lifting restrictions in a "phased approach," he said, and will keep monitoring cases and hospitalizations.
Strang said Wednesday it appears Nova Scotia is past the peak for lab-confirmed cases.
Nova Scotia reported an additional 366 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases on Thursday.
There are 155 cases in the central zone, 41 cases in the eastern zone, 44 cases in the northern zone and 126 cases in western zone.
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